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LTTP: Control, or: have you ever fell for anti-hype?
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Control is great. Excellent gunplay and fantastic force powers. I don't care what the missions or story are, the gameplay kicks ass.
I played this on Xbox One X originally, but it didn't click for me and I gave up very early in the game
After getting a GeForce RTX 3080, I bought it on PC for some ray-tracing goodness. Playing with max graphics and ray-tracing at over 100 FPS, and using mouse/keyboard made the game much more enjoyable for me. (mostly the mouse aiming)
The game itself is pretty good too, and I'm glad I gave it another try. I skipped the DLC sections though. As good as the game was, by the end credits I had enough.
After getting a GeForce RTX 3080, I bought it on PC for some ray-tracing goodness. Playing with max graphics and ray-tracing at over 100 FPS, and using mouse/keyboard made the game much more enjoyable for me. (mostly the mouse aiming)
The game itself is pretty good too, and I'm glad I gave it another try. I skipped the DLC sections though. As good as the game was, by the end credits I had enough.
Perhaps in future it's more worth paying attention to the larger wave of positive impressions instead of those who didn't like it shouting "Overrated!" like Ongo Gablogian in an art gallery.
That's not to say negative opinions should be dismissed outright but you maybe shouldn't dismiss a game when some claim it's "overrated", it might just be rated high so commonly for good reason.
That's not to say negative opinions should be dismissed outright but you maybe shouldn't dismiss a game when some claim it's "overrated", it might just be rated high so commonly for good reason.
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I think I'm stuck on the Foundation DLC. There's like two places I haven't been in and both of them seemingly want me to fly upwards.
Did I miss a powerup on the main game or something? I've already unlocked both skills from the expansion.
Did I miss a powerup on the main game or something? I've already unlocked both skills from the expansion.
Kinda surprised, I've heard nothing but praise for Control. Bought it myself just yesterday so I could play it on PS5 with the update.
Rather than community anti-hype, I think it was self imposed for both Uncharted 4 and God of War 2018. Both series where the latest entries had burned me and I had no desire to return to. Didn't bother looking at trailers or even reviews or anything until like 6 months after release for both by coincidence. I'd been in the dark about both games completely.
Figured I'd check them out when they were cheap, and by god both became my favourite in their respective series. It was actually really nice to be on the other end of the spectrum for once and expect very little but be blown away. Think my opinion of the games is so much higher than it would be otherwise.
Rather than community anti-hype, I think it was self imposed for both Uncharted 4 and God of War 2018. Both series where the latest entries had burned me and I had no desire to return to. Didn't bother looking at trailers or even reviews or anything until like 6 months after release for both by coincidence. I'd been in the dark about both games completely.
Figured I'd check them out when they were cheap, and by god both became my favourite in their respective series. It was actually really nice to be on the other end of the spectrum for once and expect very little but be blown away. Think my opinion of the games is so much higher than it would be otherwise.
It's a cool game, and I love its setting and aesthetic, but it didn't come anywhere close to living up to the hype to me. Bland gameplay, bad boss fights, lore that's multiple notches below the SCP Foundation, etc. People really pumped up how great the ashtray maze sequence was, which just didn't do anything for me.
Exactly my experience! Played through it and got the plat but honestly the game isn't memorable in any way.
I've just accessed the motel, restarted the reactor cooling and stuff for the janitor, and I'm on my way to try and find Marshall - I'm playing on the Switch version in performance mode and it's pretty great. I'd played almost this far on the PS4 when I was subscribing to Now, but I get more of my game time in away from the TV these days so this is ideal! I do like the way it's telling it's story and how it looks (ray tracing seems nice!) but the gameplay is fun too. I have to confess I somehow missed I could change the guns form until relatively recently.. I don't know how far in I am but I'm enjoying it.
The anti hype thing I've been burned by a couple of times. Things that clearly matter to some people often matter very little to me. I've learned a lot about what I am and am not likely to like, and my tastes don't always align with critics or other enthusiasts.
I also meant to add - I really appreciate some of the gameplay settings like the aim assist and stuff. You can kind of scale the difficulty of the combat if you need to - and I'm not against that at all, my aiming sucks ha!
The anti hype thing I've been burned by a couple of times. Things that clearly matter to some people often matter very little to me. I've learned a lot about what I am and am not likely to like, and my tastes don't always align with critics or other enthusiasts.
I also meant to add - I really appreciate some of the gameplay settings like the aim assist and stuff. You can kind of scale the difficulty of the combat if you need to - and I'm not against that at all, my aiming sucks ha!
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I honestly can't understand how someone can possibly think this game isn't memorable in any way.
Like, nothing from the game stuck with you? Like, not even conceptually or aesthetically? How many other games like Control are there out there that I don't know about?
I generally found the combat repetitive, many of the enemies generic, and the technical performance poor (on PS4). I'm actually genuinely surprised people liked the game. I guess I'm living in a bubble.
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There is a VAST amount of individuals claiming the game is overrated or "meh" both here and in other gaming communities. Not sure where you've been...
I can guarantee you that most of the people that played the game had a positive reaction, but I think you know just as well as I do that they often aren't the ones with much to say about it on internet forums lol...
Oh it does give give but I recommend not looking into it. I'm also a huge Alan Wake fan but it was painful getting the tease of what it could be about but with no game confirmation.
Man. I wish you could see this game with raytracing doing its thing. It is a whole other experience.
Uhm where have you been hearing this? The reception has been very positive, and I think there were a few threads reminding people not to miss on this fantastic game
I bought this a few months after launch but just started it a couple weeks ago but I'm already regretting not waiting for the PS5 version, assuming it'll have raytracing.
It looks great and runs well on the pro, but the world is so striking that I'd love to see it at max specs.
Yeah, I was going to say...
I actually had the reverse (of your reverse) happen. Control looked boring to me so I ignored it entirely, but finally caved in due to all the hype it got and decided to try it out. The game bored me to tears in its opening segments. Perhaps it gets good eventually but I guess I'll never know.
Loved Alan Wake, but something just didn't click for me with Control. Story, themes/setting, artstyle, character (villains) design were all just off putting to me. Gameplay is great, but the other stuff was distracting in a bad way for me unfortunately.
I bought into the hype here actually because of the gameplay, which is true, but the other stuff is just...eh to bad.
I bought into the hype here actually because of the gameplay, which is true, but the other stuff is just...eh to bad.
I ended up making a... Shall we say.. Divisive thread in which I lamented Sony's refund policies because of how much I genuinely hated this game, lol. I'm glad you enjoyed it. I wanted to like this game, and the premise is something that should be right up my alley. Just never ended up being able to get into it.
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The ultimate edition is on sale , that has the current gen and next gen version included. Performance and fidelity (raytracing) modes next year for the next gen version.
The games that I feel the urge to play the most are the ones with mixed reactions, some people love them, some peiple hate them. That's the key for a possibly amazing and unforgettable game and the possibility of me loving them is way worth the risk of me hating them.
Regarding Control, it's a good game with a lot of problems that didn't leave a mark on me.
Regarding Control, it's a good game with a lot of problems that didn't leave a mark on me.
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Only missing both trophies for doing the Board Countermeasures and they, uh, kinda suck.
I didn't even get the one for doing 5 during the whole game and I'm supposed to do 25??
I didn't even get the one for doing 5 during the whole game and I'm supposed to do 25??
What I did was turn on 1-hit kills in the options menu and accept then abandon countermeasures until you get the ones for killing enemies with certain gun types. Goes pretty quickly once you get going.
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I always thought everyone loved this game? Just bought it on steam a couple of days ago because of how much praise its gotten.
I expected to play absolute dogshit when I played Fallout 76 and Metal Gear Survive and I enjoyed them both more than the game that came before them.
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And Platinum get. Both DLCs beaten (not 100% though, some of these trophies are super hard and will probably check a guide.)
What a fantastic experience all around. I'll be there day 1 for a sequel.
Does anybody know any good videos or essays about the Remedy-verse? I'd love to catch up with it.
What a fantastic experience all around. I'll be there day 1 for a sequel.
Does anybody know any good videos or essays about the Remedy-verse? I'd love to catch up with it.
I played it for about an hour and the vagueness of everything just annoyed me. I really didn't care to find out more about the story. Maybe I should revisit.
The load times are atrocious on the PS4. You die and it takes over a minute to reload. I may give it one last shot on the PS5 if the load times are improved.
This is the best Control video I've seen, really excellent:
I've seen a couple about the "Remedy-verse" but didn't quite like them as much. I feel like Control truly is Remedy at their best, and I suppose that's translate to the videos as well.
I expected mass effect andromeda to be pure garbage. Turns out that was the best way to approach it- could only get better!
Just finished the opening scenes (literally got to the elevator, opening credits playing, and that's it), but does this game not perform well or it just me? I turned off film grain and motion blur but it feels so, so juttery when moving around and with a low framerate.
Picked this up on Game Pass (finally!) and am really enjoying it.
Often reminds me of the best of Kojimas games. Very cinematic, even if sometimes obtuse and almost goofy. Has fantastic atmosphere and combat, and the graphics--wow! It has such a consistent and conscious style to it, too.
Often reminds me of the best of Kojimas games. Very cinematic, even if sometimes obtuse and almost goofy. Has fantastic atmosphere and combat, and the graphics--wow! It has such a consistent and conscious style to it, too.